The Caravan Owners Club

[paulbeeby]

help please just bought a '05 540 ufe its in belting shape apart from the mattress on the fixed double bed.
i've trawled the internet till i'm bog eyed and can't locate any sprung ones just foam and memory foam, which i don't fancy.
could someone please point me in the right direction asap
regards paul

[Roy Armstrong]

What is wrong with your mattress?
Is the problem cosmetic (cover & padding) or more serious.

You could ask Ambergate for a price for a new one:

( spares@hobbycaravansuk.co.uk )

Or if you do a "trawl" there are people that will refurb your present one or tailor make a new one for you.

[Hobbynut]

There was a mattress for sale on Ebay last week but I don't know whether it sold or not..A new one is around £150 although I managed to acquire a new one from D & S Trading in East Yorkshire. They said it was " surplus to requirements " and let me have it for £100
Cheers
Hobbynut

[beejay]

[quote="paulbeeby"]help please just bought a '05 540 ufe its in belting shape apart from the mattress on the fixed double bed.
i've trawled the internet till i'm bog eyed and can't locate any sprung ones just foam and memory foam, which i don't fancy.
could someone please point me in the right direction asap
regards paul[/quot

The mattresses on Hobbys are composite foam/spring. The cover can be unzipped. If you look carefully you will find the end of the zip which is fitted inside out. Once you have started the end you can slide the slider with your finger. On my previous Hobby I found the quilting on top of the spring/foam had slid out of place. Once refitted correctly carefully re-zipping made it "good as rew". The label says, in German, "Do NOT Unzip"!!!!
New mattresses are expensive (I enquired) and, from memory, I think yours has a rounded corner? Have you tried IKEA? Large range sprung and foam.

[beejay]

[quote="paulbeeby"]help please just bought a '05 540 ufe its in belting shape apart from the mattress on the fixed double bed.
i've trawled the internet till i'm bog eyed and can't locate any sprung ones just foam and memory foam, which i don't fancy.
could someone please point me in the right direction asap
regards paul[/quot

The mattresses on Hobbys are composite foam/spring. The cover can be unzipped. If you look carefully you will find the end of the zip which is fitted inside out. Once you have started the end you can slide the slider with your finger. On my previous Hobby I found the quilting on top of the spring/foam had slid out of place. Once refitted correctly carefully re-zipping made it "good as rew". The label says, in German, "Do NOT Unzip"!!!!
New mattresses are expensive (I enquired) and, from memory, I think yours has a rounded corner? Have you tried IKEA? Large range sprung and foam.

[paulbeeby]

thanks for all your help found a bespoke mattress maker - babywise, almond street, darwen, lancs. tel. 01254 777603
quote for replacement from hobby in excess of £750 - new bespoke £75.
well made and made in a couple of days, glad to reccommend